me, myself And i...A Look At Assam From The Bottom Up

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situation was particularly grim in Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts in
eastern Assam, where nearly 45,000 people have been affected.

A father hold his child on back to take him to school at waterlogged Anil Nagar in Guwahati on Monday. (Source: PTI)

Written by Samudra Gupta Kashyap
| Guwahati

Thousands of people across Assam have been affected after incessant
rains over the last week caused several rivers, including the
Brahmaputra, to overflow. The overflowing rivers have breached
embankments, inundated villages and damaged standing crop, affecting
over 80,000 people, according to a report by the state disaster
management body.
Eighteen revenue circles in 10 districts have been badly affected by
the relentless rains, stated the daily flood report issued by the Assam
State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Tuesday. The districts of
Lakhimpur and Dhemaji in eastern Assam, where nearly 45,000 people were
affected by the overflowing rivers, were the worst hit.
In Tinsukia, another district hit hard by the relentless rains,
authorities have already set up three relief camps. A sizeable portion
of the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in the district has been submerged
by the rising levels of the Brahmaputra.
The floodwaters have also entered the Kaziranga National Park, forcing animals to move to drier, safer places.
While the Brahmaputra is flowing over the danger mark in Nimatighat
in Jorhat district, several villages in the river-island of Majuli have
been also inundated. Solengi, Chatrang and Sessa — all tributaries of
the Brahmaputra — have inundated villages and standing crops, affecting
over 21,000 people in the Gohpur sub-division of Sonitpur district.
Nearly 38,000 hectares of standing crop, mostly paddy, have been
damaged by the overflowing rivers, according to the ASDMA report.
Dhemaji district has recorded the worst damage, with 2,300 hectares of
standing crop being destroyed while the districts of Sonitpur, Goalpara,
Lakhimpur and Kamrup have also been affected.

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